Definition of osculate Osculate
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We found 13 definitions of osculate from 4 different sources.
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What does osculate mean?
WordNet
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| osculate - have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate" | ||
| share communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you" | ||
| math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| osculate - be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate" | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| osculate - touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room" | ||
| snog, kiss, buss | ||
| touch comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem" | ||
| peck, smack eat by pecking at, like a bird | ||
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Wiktionary 
- osculate (Verb)
To kiss someone or something. - osculate (Verb)
To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact. - osculate (Verb)
To make contact. - osculate (Verb)
To perform osculation.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- osculate (v. t.)
To kiss. - osculate (v. t.)
To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2. - osculate (v. i.)
To kiss one another; to kiss. - osculate (v. i.)
To touch closely. See Osculation, 2. - osculate (v. i.)
To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
Part of speech
🔤- osculate, verb, present, 1st person singular of osculate (infinitive).
- osculate, verb (infinitive).
